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elleng

(130,773 posts)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 02:37 AM Jul 2016

Into Corsica, From Rustic Villages to Stony Cliffs

'One reason the French island of Corsica can feel so bracing to a visitor is that — and I mean this in the best way possible — Corsicans don’t much care about you.

Of course, they want to make sure that you’re comfortable and taken care of. But they’re not going to fuss over the details of your itinerary, recommending this sight over that one.

They are secure in the knowledge that their island is wildly beautiful — imagine alpine mountains rising from Mediterranean shores — so they assume that whichever pink granite inlet, mountaintop lake or boulder-strewn valley you do see, even if it’s not the best known, will be among the most wondrous sights of what, you’ve now realized, is your flat and boxed-in life. And they would be correct.'>>>

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/travel/corsica-france-holidays.html?

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